Holdout : a novel / Jeffrey Kluger.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593184691
- 0593184696
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | KLUGER, JEFFREY | Available | 33111010543987 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. So when she refuses to leave her post at the international space station following an accident that forces her fellow astronauts to evacuate, her American and Russian colleagues are mystified. But Walli is stuck in a race against time to save both a precious part of the world and the life of her niece, Ha health care provider for indigenous people in the Amazon jungle who are being burnt out of their homes by paramilitary forces, supported by the Brazilian President. Will the US military intervene? Walli will go to any means necessary.
"When evil forces are going unchecked on earth, a principled astronaut makes a split-second decision to try and seek justice in the only place she knows how to--the international space station. Walli Beckwith is a model astronaut. She graduated at the top of her class from the naval academy, had a successful career flying fighter jets, and has spent over three hundred days in space. So, when she refuses to leave her post at the international space station following an accident that forces her fellow astronauts to evacuate, her American and Russian colleagues are mystified. For Walli, the matter at hand feels all too clear and too terrifying to be worried about ruining her career. She is stuck in a race against time to save a part of the world it seems has been forgotten, and also the life of the person she loves the most. She will go to any means necessary, using the only method she has, to accomplish what she knows is right"-- Provided by publisher.